the preciousness of careful speech. If all that one had left to say had to be expressed in the compass of a very few words, what words would one choose? Fixing them at 99 was suggested by the number of names attributed to God

by Islam. It was originally planned that there would be 99 contributions as well; but in the event ‘unexpected latecomers’ brought the total up to 101 (with 103 contributors, as two of the pieces are collaborations). The work of assembling the book has occupied seven years.

The results are as various as their authors. None of the responses – although one suspects that in at least a few cases the request to contribute must have come as something of a surprise, and from a considerable distance – seems off-hand or facile. Some Pour vivre des expériences sans cesse nouvelles, le joueur choisit parmi 21 Netti kasino tarjoaa hyvia kampanjoita ja bonuksia joita ei yleensa ole kasinoissa tarjolla. salons de jeu : mythiques au Casino de Monte-Carlo ou au Casino d”Eté, festifs au Sun Casino , en encore futuristes au Casino Café de Paris ou au Bay Casino . have After smarthphones took over the market of the mobile phones, together with PDA’s there is no limit, you can sit on the top of the Himalayas and play blackjack casino . attempted to convey their sense of what it means to exist, or to have existed, in this world; some have evoked the mirroring

are of particular importance to them. Some have used the words of others: Rūmī, or the Beatitudes, or the last words of some of the victims in the carnage of 9/11. Not everyone has needed 99 words.

Among the names of the contributors – some of them very famous names indeed – are those of individuals associated with Temenos and with this journal: Coleman Barks, Keith Critchlow, Robert Abdul Hayy Darr, Grevel Lindop, Sir John Tavener. This is a book which shows what a potent vehicle humility can be.